neolithic

/nˌiːə‍ʊlˈɪθɪk/

/ˈnioʊˌɫɪθɪk/

Neolithic

latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)

neolithic

of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)

Examples

1. The discovery of cheese gave Neolithic people an enormous survival advantage.

2. Neolithic burials often show the scars of stone age existence, a life spent under the constant threat of violence and disease.

3. The first archeological evidence of purposeful perforations of the skull dates back to the Neolithic period.

4. As far back as 3,000 BC, Neolithic people erected sculptures and architecture to frame this type of solar alignment.